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No 417108 Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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VILIIIAM D. SNYDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE FORT VA'YNE FURNITURE COMPANY, OF FORT VA'YNE, INDIANA.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,108, dated December 10, 1889.

Application tiled June 27, 1889. Serial No. 315,841. (No model.) i

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. SNYDER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to folding or combination cabinet-bedsteads; and the object thereof is to dispense with a connterbalanceweight for ,the folding frame as commonly used in such bedsteads. This object 1 have attained by the combination, with the folding frame and stationary frame, of a supple- Inental frame and an elastic coil-wire bedbottom, said parts being arranged, as shown, `relatively to one another and connected substantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of a bedstead containing Iny invention, the bed being closed. Fig. 2 is a like section, the bed being open. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a front view, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view, with that portion of the side piece of lthe stationary frame to which the folding` frame is attached broken away, showing the working parts enlarged and the manner of their attachment.

By using the folding frame in conjunction with a supplemental frame and an elastic coilwire bed-bottom and connecting the same with the stationary f rainein the manner here shown the fabric is put under strain by the unfolding or opening of the bed, so that the resil ience thereof may bc made to serve as a counter-balance to aid in closing the bed.

The invention is best adapted to be `used in that class of bcdsteads wherein a dressingcase or boolccase is combined with a folding bedstead, the front part of the structure being provided with shelves and drawers adapted to the uses of a book or dressing case, and the folding bedstead fitting int-o a recess in the back or part which in the daytime is turned to the wall for the reason that in such structures the front portion acts as a counterpoise to the I'ear portion to prevent tipping over when opening the bed; but the invention is not limited to bedsteads of this class.

In the drawings, A designates the stationary frame, which is constructed on the plan above suggested and has the front part provided with doors A and drawers A2, inclosing compartments, adapting the same to the nses of a commode and dressing-case, and the rear part provided with a recess A3, into which the folding frame B may be lifted.

The folding frame is connected to the stationary frame near the bottom by a rod a, attached on each side to the stationary frame, so as to support the head end of the folding frame when the lower edge thereof is rested on said rod. The lower edges of the side rails of the folding frame where they come in contact with said rod are provided with metal bearings a and a loop or keeper a?, which incloses said rod and prevents the folding frame from being lifted off the same. The joint or connection thus made permits the folding frame to slide endwiseon said rod during the folding and unfolding; and there is a link Z') on each side pivoted at one end to the folding frame at o near its extreme head end, and at the other end to the stationary frame at h2. These links canse the folding frame to slide on said rod or move endwise during the folding or unfolding and support it when in the vertical position.

At the foot end the folding frame is provided with a transverse bar B', which is firmly secured to said frame by means of metal brackets and bolts, and to this transverse bar the foot end of the elastic coil-wire bedbotto1n C is attached. The transverse bar B2, for supporting said bed-bottom at the head end, is part. of a short supplemental frame B3, which is pivotally and endwise movably secured at its head end to the stationary frame by means of pins c, fastened one to each side of the stationary frame and working in a slot or groove c in the side bars of said supplemental frame. The'opposite end of said supplemental frame is free and comes against a shoulder at c2 on each side of the folding frame, when said frame is being unfolded or let down to the horizontal,

so that the fabric, which is slack when said folding frame is vertical, is stretched and drawn tant by the weight and downward IOO movement of the foot end during the unfolding, the tension of the fabric being suffi.- cient at the horizontal to support the bed as in an ordinary coil-wire bed-bottom.

The transverse bar B2 may be made ad justable by means of screw-bolts d, arranged in the ordinary-Way-to move said bar slightly in said supplemental frame toward the head or foot for the purpose of regulating the tension of the fabric.

The folding frame is provided with folding foot-legs E, which are pivoted thereto -and connected together by cross-pieces e. The foot-legs are connected by a rod e on one side ofthe bed with the rod n, the connection being between the upper end of the leg above its pivotal connection with the folding frame and said rod ce, so that the endwiselnovement of the folding frame during the opening and closing of the bed, operating` in conjunction with the restriction of the rod e upon the legs, causes the legs to be opened and closed in the ordinary manner.

What I claim is- In a folding bedstead and in combination, a stationary frame provided with a recess for the folding frame, a folding frame connected tothe stationary frame by a sliding joint, links pivoted to both of said frames and arranged, as shown, relatively to said sliding joint, a short supplemental frame con neeted at one end to said stationary frame by a loose joint and having its free or opposite end arranged, as shown, relatively to the folding frame, and an elastic bed-bottom connected to the foot-bar of t-he folding frame and to a transverse bar of the supplemental frame, as

specified.

WILLIAM D. SN'YDER. litnessesz I No. H. WHIPPLE,

JOHN BLOW. 

